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We Talked to the Guy Who Uploaded the Alleged ‘Obama Kenyan Birth Video’…Here’s What He Had to Say About the Flag, the Film & That Huge Baby
Image still from “Obama Sr filmimg his sons birth in Kenya.” (Vimeo)
The man who uploaded the purported home footage of President Barack Obama’s birth in a Kenyan hospital insists it’s not a hoax, despite numerous, obvious questions about its authenticity.
TheBlaze spoke Friday with Peter Rehnquist, who identified himself as a Romanian citizen working in New York as an exporter. Rehnquist said he was given the footage by an African man in his 60s who is a longtime friend and colleague of his.
Among the issues with the video are that it was apparently shot on Super 8 mm film (not introduced by Eastman Kodak until four years after the president was born); shows a Kenyan flag (not adopted until two years later); and that the “newborn” Obama baby is suspiciously large and clean-looking.
Rehnquist said he can explain everything.
What’s with the Super 8 issue?
“The thing is it could have been like 8 and not Super 8, I don’t know, the guy just got the films, the actual films. It says Super 8, might have been 8.”
How about the Kenyan flag?
“He told me that the actual flag was in Kenya, not officially, so they could have just put the flag on the bed because this was still a symbol in Kenya at the time, just not an official flag. It doesn’t mean anything, it’s just two tiny details.”
Why did the baby look so big?
“Babies in Kenya are always like — food in Kenya used to be in very low supply and it could have been like, born really fat and then like most Kenyans became thinner and thinner…[he] could have shrunk.”
Why did the baby look so clean?
“It could have been like he was born and then they shot it again or something, just because they didn’t have the camera or something….He might have [been] born, cleaned him up and they did it again.”
What can you tell me about the man who gave you the footage?
“I cannot say his name but he is a long family friend, he’s 60 years old, he might have gotten it from his acquaintances in Kenya. I’m not sure if he was there or not, he just gave it to me and said go ahead and publish it…I think that if I am getting a package from Kenya and it’s a guy I trust, it’s my obligation to at least put it out there. And I have no reason to doubt him or what I saw.”
You said there’s more footage, about 15 minutes, and the man will sell it for $1,000?
“It’s a different day, maybe a day after or a day before…he tells me it’s more stuff of the mother, Ann Dunham, and the father. You cannot see the father in this footage, in the new one you can see the footage.
So, you really stand by this?
“Definitely, I never saw a Hawaii video so as long as you have one video on one side — by the way I don’t think Obama should not be president or something, for me it doesn’t matter where he was born, I don’t care — but I never saw the Hawaii video so I would choose to believe that, regardless of the flag or Super 8, two minor details. And like, maybe they shot it just after the birth, but I don’t see anything to suggest it wasn’t in Kenya and it wasn’t in the 60s.”
Come on, it’s really not a hoax?
“Why would anyone go to all those lengths?”
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Saving_the_Republic.com
Posted on October 26, 2012 at 9:09pmthis is a joke and you guys are falling right into some con artists game like Gretchen Carlson was few weeks ago
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The-Monk
Posted on October 26, 2012 at 9:19pmWhere I live we have a lot of liberals that will be coming by for free Halloween treats. I’m thinking about putting a sign on my door that reads…
“Unemployed and cannot afford candy for you this year. Please thank President Obama for this. Do you expect any candy next year?”
Any ideas about this? (No trolls please) I wonder what would happen if this were done all over America before the election? Also, I am unemployed and really cannot afford to give out candy this year.
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Eastinfection
Posted on October 26, 2012 at 9:20pmIt’s some con artist game to post a crappy forgery and have Blazers make fun of him?
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drs1969
Posted on October 26, 2012 at 9:27pmRe: Monk
You might get egged or TP’ed, welfare pays for both. Then there’s the flaming bag of poo, free of charge.
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Saving_the_Republic.com
Posted on October 26, 2012 at 9:31pmGreat idea Monk I have been wiped out under the Emperors reign too! Longterm unemployed, try being an ex-banker from the mortgage industry and see what that does for your career!
@ East: someone is running a con and the Blaze fell for it… dont try to spin my words
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BenInNY
Posted on October 26, 2012 at 9:44pmDon’t know where you get the idea that anyone is falling for it. Read the last interview question and the bulk of the comments.
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The-Monk
Posted on October 26, 2012 at 10:01pm@drs1969
Free eggs and TP….. Wooo Hooo!
What comes in must come out…..
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Eastinfection
Posted on October 26, 2012 at 10:16pmNo Offense SAVE but i’m with BEN on this one. The Blaze thinks this video is ridiculous and posted it precisely so we would make fun of it….
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grimmster
Posted on October 26, 2012 at 10:57pm@The_Monk.
I am Grimmster, and i ap
prove of your message;p
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muffythetuffy
Posted on October 26, 2012 at 11:46pmIS IT TREASON
Even if its authentic the Congress and disgraced US Supreme Court will not care or act.The Roberts Court refused even to hear the case about the birth certificate. Our government has turned into a Troika of Treason.
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fb274
Posted on October 27, 2012 at 1:31amYep, has to be a hoax. They kid had muscles of an older baby and black babies are extremely light of coloring when just born.
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Goldi-lox
Posted on October 27, 2012 at 3:13amTo The Monk:
Great idea! Let the little incipient Commies find out what life’s gonna be like in years to come, thanks to the Big Commies in D.C. “The cupboard is bare…”
(But don’t be surprised if you get your windows soaped, tires slashed, trees TP’d, etc. etc.)
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MittensKittens
Posted on October 27, 2012 at 6:23amThis is something MSNBC, or CNN should be looking into!
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ICSPADES
Posted on October 27, 2012 at 7:03am@monk
Why would you want to hurt the kids anymore than they have already been damaged by this resident of the White House? I refuse to call him the P word.
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G-WHIZ
Posted on October 27, 2012 at 9:29amAnd doctor looked at baby0berrie, who was very black andsaid…”Lighten-Up!!” “Oh,and by-the way let me plug you into our latest invention, THE TELLEPROMPTER so you can cry!”
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COFemale
Posted on October 27, 2012 at 1:58pmNobody has fallen for this video. If you look at the original post, everyone that posted has said this is fake. I think it is fake. The woman is NOT Ann Dunham. Ann has a pointed chin, this woman has a rounded chin. This video apparently is not from 1961 either, but several years later. This is all staged.
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Wolf
Posted on October 28, 2012 at 8:49amHoax. As much as I detest that POS PretendOTUS, this film has absolutely no ring of truth to it.
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RamonPreston
Posted on October 28, 2012 at 12:31pm@Monk
How about “Save your candy, kids. It’s all your going to have to eat when you get older.”
BTW: The sign should say “Printed in China.”
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Tri-ox
Posted on October 26, 2012 at 9:07pmDebunked? Freeze frame on the August 1961 calendar near the very end of the video – this VERY MODERN looking calendar features what appears to be a modern Steven N. Meyers “Flower Spirits” (x-ray) photograph.
http://www.xray-art.com
http://www.artbol.com/painting-artist/steven-n-meyers
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G-WHIZ
Posted on October 27, 2012 at 9:36amOh the x-ray machine was like too close to uuumm the like flowers and um, I I I I I duh and like, yeah! You know, Kenyans’ spoke “The king’s English” as well as their own language. This “finder-guy” yuunoo, wwwa tat inda grt guvmntw skooolz of Usa ! D’Oh!
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Elisheva
Posted on October 26, 2012 at 9:03pmYou guys are so funny some of you should be comedians…driving a car and smoking cig`s haha!
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TheePolitinator
Posted on October 26, 2012 at 9:23pmerr herrr derrr i’m a dolt,
GTFO
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Elisheva
Posted on October 27, 2012 at 10:28amIf that`s a nasty reply you can keep it to yourself!
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Stelex
Posted on October 26, 2012 at 8:53pmIts authentic as Obama. Next.
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JL320
Posted on October 26, 2012 at 8:50pmThis is almost as fake as Obama’s birth certificate. At least there were only a couple of flaws with the video.
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oicu814me2
Posted on October 26, 2012 at 8:49pmCome on blaze! The kid has teeth!
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Mr.Fitnah
Posted on October 26, 2012 at 9:09pmAnd shoes.
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Goldi-lox
Posted on October 27, 2012 at 3:15amAnd chest ****!
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Gnostyk
Posted on October 27, 2012 at 4:05amAnd a portfolio.
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G-WHIZ
Posted on October 27, 2012 at 9:45am…and NUDICLES !
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dickdastardly
Posted on October 26, 2012 at 8:49pmHe’s lying as much as Obama it seems
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kryptonite
Posted on October 26, 2012 at 8:48pmOK. Time to change the subject. O’Reilly is giving Hussein a pass on Libya, because that egomaniac thinks there’s still a chance Hussein will come on his show.
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Stelex
Posted on October 26, 2012 at 8:55pmGlad someone else is as pissed off as I am……..Bill is a shill…..can’t trust him anymore, never really did. But its getting bad.
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drs1969
Posted on October 26, 2012 at 8:59pmThey’re both Harvard-ites. Professional Shyster courteousy.
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G-WHIZ
Posted on October 27, 2012 at 9:43amDo y’a really think Sad-dam Insaine wsas really in that wrapped-sheet the navy threw inda drink?? Maybe BillO. will get his chance?!
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Tankertony
Posted on October 26, 2012 at 8:47pmI can’t stop laughing. I mean, we all know obummer is a little kenyan marxist man-child, but this is over the top….
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Polarized America
Posted on October 26, 2012 at 8:47pmwell there’s your proof Donald Rump now give the man the 5 million
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another pucker
Posted on October 26, 2012 at 8:54pmThe 5 mil was for his college records and his passport application. That info will expose him for who he really is!
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Polarized America
Posted on October 26, 2012 at 9:01pmgeeee PUCKER i was just joking around, But actually i have those records ;-)
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nappy
Posted on October 26, 2012 at 8:46pmThere isn’t a chance in hell that is film footage from the 60”s Not a chance in hell. Sorry.
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Comcast3
Posted on October 26, 2012 at 8:43pmFake. Do you really think would care enough…Also, his parents were not married. Just another knocked-up, cracka.
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lcopeland
Posted on October 26, 2012 at 8:42pmLol
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uaintdown
Posted on October 26, 2012 at 8:42pmOMGosh this is so friggin hilarious!!!!!! LOVE IT!!!!! I’m dying laughing.
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greeneyes1982
Posted on October 26, 2012 at 8:39pmGee…I didn’t know that new born babies could support their heads that steadily, have teeth, and are that big!
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lordamercy
Posted on October 26, 2012 at 8:45pmThat kid looks old enough to be driving a car and smoking cigarettes!
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thekriplins13
Posted on October 26, 2012 at 8:39pmWhy talk to the ****** !! lol I had to I love Ann Coulter
Again Blaze it’s beneath you
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dapple63
Posted on October 26, 2012 at 8:39pmtheres several things here that are funny aside from the ones mentioned. my fiancee is an rn and she watched and her coments were first that baby is holding its head up by itself something usually that happens around 5 months. second babies are born with a white film that has to be cleaned and that baby is cleaned already.. third the umbilical cord shown looks the size and color of a hot dog cords are usually a multicolor blue/ greem whit and a lot longer. and also african babies are not born black they are born white and develope dark pigmentation over the next hrs /days. and like she also said that baby appears to be near 20lbs thats awfully large and more inline with agin 5 month old baby. dont know why someone would fake it . but not buying it. I think all along the issue isnt wether he was born in the us. I think and what I believe trump is going after is look at his friend in mass that declared native american status. his reasons for hiding the records is hes listed as a foriegn exchange student from india to get student loans and probably a few other things along those lines that would be hard to explain. thats what we should really be loking at
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Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on October 26, 2012 at 8:37pmLooks like a twig-boy.
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barber2
Posted on October 26, 2012 at 8:37pmThis is bogus. Is this guy related to the maker of the Muhammed video ? A registered Democrat ? Or just a nut , scam artist needing his 15 minutes of fame ? Bogus.
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Talmid of Yeshua
Posted on October 26, 2012 at 8:36pmLOLZ…. I know Obama was born in Kenya… but that is one of the most horribly done faked movies I’ve ever seen. Put this in the same category as the Bigfoot videos.
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Pouncing Porcupine
Posted on October 26, 2012 at 8:52pmYou don’t know Jack, Jack.
The talmud is a vile anti-christ book and never the twian shall meet.
Also, Bam was born in the USA, his father being Frank Marshall Davis, not BO Sr.
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drs1969
Posted on October 26, 2012 at 8:58pmAlien Autopsy comes to mind.
BHO’s birthplace:
Mbasa, Kenya.
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Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on October 26, 2012 at 9:08pmIf you look closely, that’s actually Gary Coleman, and there is a reflection off of the bedpost, the man behind the camera is……….the alien from ET.
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drs1969
Posted on October 26, 2012 at 9:24pmRe: pouncing porc.
I think BHO favors Davis a lot more than Obama Sr. Yet, he must have used a foreign birth cert. to obtain foreign student aid. The one I saw said Mbasa, Kenya. Therefore, his ‘constructed reality’ is the one that matters. BHO’s a fraud and thief, just like his daddy, Frank.
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Eastinfection
Posted on October 26, 2012 at 10:21pm“If you look closely, that’s actually Gary Coleman”
lmao…
Wha-choo talkin’ bout DARMOK?
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G-WHIZ
Posted on October 27, 2012 at 9:50am…A BIG-TEETH video… .
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randy
Posted on October 26, 2012 at 8:33pmThe baby has TEETH at the 13 sec mark of the video…..
Fake!
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MAULEMALL
Posted on October 26, 2012 at 8:32pmin 61 fathers didn’t go anywhere near the delivery room…. Much less film it.
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Eastinfection
Posted on October 26, 2012 at 9:06pm… and in the 60′s EVERYONE smoked… EVERYWHERE.
Nobody is smoking in this clip!
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dapple63
Posted on October 26, 2012 at 8:29pmAdd your comments
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Smokey_Bojangles
Posted on October 26, 2012 at 8:29pmWhy waste space and time on this?
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Tri-ox
Posted on October 26, 2012 at 8:28pmWhy is The Blaze wasting time on this stupid fake video?
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Maxim Crux
Posted on October 26, 2012 at 8:48pmThey are wasting time because the Obama born in Kenya is a hoax. The more realistic truth is that Obama is the son of the sicko commie bastard that took the nude photos of Barry’s mommy. Frank Davis
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JL320
Posted on October 26, 2012 at 8:55pmThey are trying to make birthers look like idiots. Beck takes shots at us whenever he gets a chance. He even admitted to never even watching the investigation video which proves Obama’s birth certificate is a phony. But they will post this garbage.
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kryptonite
Posted on October 26, 2012 at 8:57pmSomeone’s passing the bong over at TB. Just TG it’s not an anti-Islam video.
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drs1969
Posted on October 26, 2012 at 9:06pmRe: JL320
Beck spent the whole primary season attacking Romney’s rivals, as well. I believe he was paid to do that(by the Mormons, of course). I haven’t listened to him since. He’s as corrupt as O’Reilly.
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BenInNY
Posted on October 26, 2012 at 10:49pm@DRS – you obviously weren’t listening to the show at all during the primaries. He supported what, 3 of the candidates before Mitt? Think the only one he was against was Newt.
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